Make AI Videos for Kids That Aren't Slop

Carla Engelbrecht. Ed. D.

AI Creator | xNetflix, xSesame Street

The AI kids' video creation class for people who actually care what kids watch.

The feed is full of AI kids' videos. Most of it is slop: bright, loud, and teaches nothing.

Making the good kind still takes real work. It has to hold attention, actually teach, and ship fast enough to matter. AI changed the production math, so you no longer need a full team. But knowing which tools to use, in what order, and how to make them work together is its own skill. Miss that and you just add to the slop pile.

Dr. Carla Engelbrecht spent 25 years building 200+ interactive experiences for Netflix, Sesame Street, PBS Kids, and Highlights for Children. Now she builds with AI. In this hands-on class, she shares her complete production workflow: the tools, the prompts, the decisions, and the shortcuts that turn a script into a publishable video.

Walk away with a toolkit you understand and a process you can repeat to create stories kids love and parents respect.

What you’ll learn

Learn the tools and skills to script, generate, voice, score, and edit a complete video for kids with the support of AI tools.

  • Use Claude (or another LLM) to take a teaching concept and turn it into a structured, voiceover-ready script

  • Map out exactly what visuals and audio you'll need before you generate anything

  • Learn the prompting approaches that get usable output from Veo, Eleven Labs, and Suno

  • Develop the eye for what good looks like and the habits that get you there without endless iteration

  • Understand why most AI-generated content feels like slop, and how to avoid it

  • Understand how the tools connect as a system, not just what each one does

  • Leave with a workflow you've already run once and can run again

  • Build the confidence to experiment, adapt, and improve without needing to start over

Learn directly from Carla

Carla Engelbrecht. Ed. D.

Carla Engelbrecht. Ed. D.

Emmy-award winning creator of more than 200 interactive experiences for Netflix,

Netflix
Sesame Workshop
PBS KIDS
Highlights for Children
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Who this course is for

  • Educators and curriculum designers who want to produce their own video content without a full production team

  • Content creators and online course builders ready to add video to their work but intimidated by production complexity

  • Edtech professionals and learning designers curious how AI changes what's possible in educational media production

What's included

Carla Engelbrecht. Ed. D.

Live sessions

Learn directly from Carla Engelbrecht. Ed. D. in a real-time, interactive format.

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Course syllabus

10 live sessions • 47 lessons • 6 projects

Week 1

Jul 6—Jul 12

    Creating with AI Guidelines: Make content that's good for kids, not just fast

    4 items

    Image and Animation Generation with Veo: Make your first animated clip

    4 items

    Telling a Simple Story: Shape clips into a beginning, middle, and end

    4 items

    Jul

    6

    Office Hours with Carla (#1) | Optional

    Mon 7/69:00 PM—10:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Jul

    9

    AI Videos for Kids Workshop #1

    Thu 7/99:00 PM—10:30 PM (UTC)

    Optional: Sharing on Socials (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram?)

    3 items

Week 2

Jul 13—Jul 19

    Creating Music with Suno: Generate a kids' song

    4 items

    Writing Lyrics with LLMs: Creating a singable song

    4 items

    Jul

    13

    Office Hours with Carla (#2) | Optional

    Mon 7/139:00 PM—10:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Jul

    16

    AI Videos for Kids Workshop #2

    Thu 7/169:00 PM—10:30 PM (UTC)

    Editing: Cut your song and clips into a watchable piece

    4 items

Schedule

Live sessions

2-4 hrs / week

Live workshop sessions are 90 minutes. Plan to spend another 90+ minutes working on the skills. An optional 60 minute office hour is available weekly.

    • Mon, Jul 6

      9:00 PM—10:00 PM (UTC)

    • Thu, Jul 9

      9:00 PM—10:30 PM (UTC)

    • Mon, Jul 13

      9:00 PM—10:00 PM (UTC)

Projects

1 hr / week

Project ideas are provided to help support you in practicing the skills and developing your characters.

Async content

1 hr / week

Written materials will help support you in practicing the skills and developing character and story ideas.

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